Valentin E. Brimkov

Buffalo State College, USA

Valentin Brimkov is a Professor in the Mathematics Department of SUNY Buffalo State College. He has made contributions to several research fields of applied mathematics and theoretical computer science such as discrete geometry, combinatorial optimization, image analysis, combinatorial pattern matching, design and analysis of algorithms, and complexity theory. He has authored or coauthored over a hundred of peer-reviewed research papers and has edited or coedited a number of books. He has chaired or cochaired a number of international conferences and symposia. Dr. Brimkov has been awarded the Wilkes Award of the British Computer Society for 2005 and the President’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity of SUNY Buffalo State College for 2009. In 2009, he has been elected as an Honorable Guest Professor of the Shizuoka University (Hamamatsu, Japan).